The man continued, "Why has Sect Master Luo left her own Inquiry Sword Sect and specifically crossed the Magic Severing Array to come to this godforsaken backwater of ours? Ah~~ So that's how it is. I understand now."
The corners of his lips lifted slightly, revealing a wickedly charming, confident smile. "You still haven't forgotten that night, have you?"
Chu Lu's eyes flew wide open. "Hm!?"
Holy shit! he demanded inwardly. What's going on? Who is this guy? What's his relationship with you? No way, right? I know you women's novels love this kind of tortured romance where good and evil can never stand together, but seriously?
"Ahhh! He's talking nonsense, utter nonsense! Don't listen to his bullshit! Of course not!" Luo Qingdie instantly flew into a rage. "I would never like some neither-man-nor-woman freak like him!"
"Then what happened?"
"This guy is called Fu Chiying," Luo Qingdie explained. "I have nothing to do with him. We only met once, many years ago. Back then, a group of demonic cultivators attacked the Magic Severing Array. I led the Righteous Path cultivators and drove them back, then pursued them through the night. He was one of those being hunted. I hadn't yet reached the Mahayana Stage at the time, and a stronger Great Demon appeared midway through, so I gave up chasing him halfway. That night he mentioned was probably this."
Hearing that, Chu Lu was still somewhat doubtful. If he had merely been chased for half a night, why did he make it sound so ambiguous?
Just then, Fu Chiying spoke again. "That night, we chased each other across the wilderness. I was swift and nimble, darting through the grass like a cheetah. Your figure was light and graceful as you pursued me closely from behind. Beneath the night sky, your eyes were filled with my retreating silhouette, while my ears were filled with your voice. I turned and attacked, and you raised your sword to meet me. Amid our fierce clash, our gazes happened to meet. At that moment, time seemed to freeze. I saw the struggle and infatuation in your eyes. Then I understood—you had already fallen in love with me."
Chu Lu: "..."
All right, I don't doubt it anymore.
"Chu Lu, kill him. Just this once, I support you killing someone!" Luo Qingdie said.
After hearing that, Chu Lu walked toward Fu Chiying.
Seeing this, the smile on Fu Chiying's face deepened. He spread his arms and said, "Come. I know you've been lonely for many years. Come, throw yourself into my embrace! Although I already have seventy-two wives and concubines, it's fine. I'll make you my principal wife. As it happens, the Limitless Demonic Venerable is marrying a new wife, and Demon Lords from all sides are gathering there. I'll bring you—"
Chu Lu abruptly reached out and seized Fu Chiying by the throat, cutting his words short and turning them into a shrill cry.
Fu Chiying's cheeks flushed crimson. Enraged, he immediately tried to strike back, but Chu Lu merely unleashed the might of the Mahayana Stage, frightening Fu Chiying until he trembled all over.
"First, I don't like your slick tongue or your absurdly high opinion of yourself. So from now on, you'd better show me some respect. Understand?" Chu Lu said.
Fu Chiying nodded repeatedly.
"Good." Only then did Chu Lu release him.
Fu Chiying panted repeatedly. It was not because his throat had been gripped and he could not breathe—at his cultivation, breathing was no longer necessary—but purely to ease the terror in his heart.
He looked at Chu Lu with uncertainty, feeling that Chu Lu was somewhat different from the person in his memories.
"Since you're a demonic cultivator, you should know this place well, right?" Chu Lu asked. "Then which Great Demons are around these days, and where are they? You should know, shouldn't you?"
"I know m-most of them," Fu Chiying said. "But some have no fixed abode and leave no trace. There's nothing to be done about those."
"Mm, that's fine too." Chu Lu nodded.
Luo Qingdie spoke up then. "Chu Lu, are you planning to use him as a guide?"
"That's right," Chu Lu replied. "Otherwise, in a place this huge, if I had to run around everywhere by myself, who knows when I'd finally be done?"
"Uh... all right." Luo Qingdie felt rather conflicted. Normally, she always hoped Chu Lu would not kill people, but he never listened to her. The one time she wanted him to make a move, he instead refused.
Chu Lu paid no attention to her feelings. Looking at Fu Chiying, he asked, "You just said the Limitless Demonic Venerable is getting married?"
"Y-yes."
"Is it true that Demon Lords from all sides will attend? How many exactly?"
"Of course it's true." Fu Chiying still could not figure out what Chu Lu wanted, so he could only answer honestly. "The Limitless Demonic Venerable is the universally acknowledged number one among demonic cultivators today. Few would dare refuse him face. What's more, he is marrying Mo Youtong, the universally acknowledged number two among demonic cultivators. Those two joining forces clearly means they intend to unite the demonic path. Even fewer would dare stay away."
"Very good, very good." Chu Lu nodded in satisfaction. This was like a pillow arriving just as he was dozing off—perfect timing.
"Take me there immediately," Chu Lu said.
"Hm?" Fu Chiying frowned, growing increasingly suspicious. "Um... may I ask what you're going there for?"
Fu Chiying thought that Luo Qingdie was a Righteous Path cultivator. It was already strange enough that she had crossed the Magic Severing Array alone and penetrated deep into the heartland of the demonic path. Now she even wanted to attend the Limitless Demonic Venerable's wedding. It was simply too bizarre.
"Of course, to slay demons and eliminate evil." Chu Lu said calmly.
"Ah?!" Fu Chiying was startled.
Two days later, led by Fu Chiying, Chu Lu arrived at the wedding venue.
Although the Endless Wilderness beyond the Nine Provinces was impoverished and short on resources, this was, after all, the Limitless Demonic Venerable's wedding, and demonic cultivators still possessed abilities that could reach the heavens and penetrate the earth.
Thus, the wedding was extravagantly luxurious. The palace resembled a celestial court, the banquet stretched for hundreds of li, and the crowd was packed as densely as ants—all of it was profoundly breathtaking.
Fu Chiying stopped in the distance and said, "Sect Master Luo, if we get any closer, we may be discovered. If you intend to sneak in, you should disguise yourself first."
"Ah? Why would I need to sneak in?" Chu Lu was taken aback.
Fu Chiying, meanwhile, wore a smile that said stop pretending. "All right, aren't you here to steal the groom?"
Over the past two days, Fu Chiying had always believed Chu Lu was talking nonsense. How could she possibly have come here to slay demons and eliminate evil?
So he had racked his brains for two days and finally arrived at the answer.
She came for the Limitless Demonic Venerable.
Fu Chiying thought, She must like the Limitless Demonic Venerable, secretly love him, and can't bear to watch him marry someone else, so she came to steal the groom!
"Ah? I came here to kill people."
"All right, all right." Fu Chiying shook his head. "Sect Master Luo, there's no need to hide it anymore. How could a Righteous Path cultivator randomly come here to slay demons and eliminate evil, then stubbornly insist on charging into this wedding? This is the Limitless Demonic Venerable's wedding. More than ninety percent of the demonic path's Tribulation Stage cultivators have gathered here. There are countless experts at the Tribulation Stage Peak among them. Even if you are immensely powerful—taking ten thousand steps back, even if you have reached the legendary Mahayana Stage—once you reveal yourself and enrage them, they may be driven to drag you down with them even if it means perishing together."
"If multiple Tribulation Stage Peak cultivators undergo tribulation at the same time and trigger layered lightning tribulations, then when the time comes, forget you—even immortals would... Huh? Why did you take out a mirror?"
Holding up the Demon Slaying Mirror, Chu Lu bared his teeth at him in a grin.
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